| There is a lot that is not yet known about the severe | | | | ways. That much is known about autism, but not much |
| developmental disorder known as autism. Sure, all | | | | more besides its prognosis. A sufferer could gradually |
| medical and mental health professionals, and even | | | | recover from a few of the symptoms of autism as |
| many laymen in the field acknowledge that it is a | | | | they age, but in some severe cases, they remain |
| condition that disturbs victims' perceptions and | | | | dependent on a caregiver for life. |
| relationships even in its mildest forms, and a syndrome | | | | There are still questions to be answered about exactly |
| that actually creates impairments in the psychological | | | | what causes the disease, and how it may be cured. |
| development of patients suffering from it. | | | | Autism research is vast all over the United States and |
| Autism affects your use of language and your | | | | the entire world, and as we hit the 21st century, we |
| communication skills; it affects your reaction to various | | | | are finding more and more questions than there are |
| stimuli, your interpretation of the world around you, and | | | | answers to them about the autistic disorder. |
| your formation of relationships in the most inhospitable | | | | |